Drew Sitton

California, San Diego

Editor at San Diego Downtown News

Editor at San Diego Uptown News

San Diego journalist covering the Uptown and Downtown communities

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Articles

A timeline of former GUHSD Chief of Staff Jerry Hobbs at the district

2 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

This seven-year timeline of the former chief of staff Jerry Hobbs was compiled based on reporting by Voice of San Diego (VOSD), San Diego Union-Tribune (SDUT), leaked documents and public records. The fast hiring of Hobbs led to community concerns about insider dealing and lack of transparency.
Drop-in center for sex trafficked minors to open downtown

2 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

Overview: Child sex trafficked minors San Diego is a hot spot due to its numerous hotels and vacation rentals as well as ports of entry. A drop-in center is on its way to downtown, where child sex trafficking victims will be able to find immediate safety, food, and mental health care while getting connected to resources and permanent housing. “A drop-in center is designed to be a welcoming place where the kids can come in and feel safe. These kids have been lied to.
La Mesa’s summer camps return with traditional to obscure themes

3 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

Overview: La Mesa summer camps The City of La Mesa is again putting on summer day camps for local children, with a higher volume of registrations already than past years. Last year’s camps had 1,254 attendees. The city of La Mesa is again putting on summer day camps for local children, with a higher volume of registrations already than past years. Last year’s camps had 1,254 attendees.
Teens debunk pseudoscience at San Diego Central Library exhibit

6 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

Overview: Students contribute to project Each student had to find 15 peer-reviewed sources on their topic of choice before writing a page of the book on their research or creating an educational installation. The Central Library’s Pauline Foster Teen Center currently features an exhibit debunking pseudoscience of the past and highlighting its impact on present injustice.
Formulaic Neil Diamond memoir musical still moving

1 week ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

Overview: Neil Diamond musical Diamond is depicted as a lonely Jewish boy growing up in Flatbush with too much ambition who grew up to need validation and adoration from an audience to feel alive Jukebox musicals about musicians have a specific formula. Whether Carole King or Michael Jackson, an artist narrates a softened version of their origin story through music. Often, an outside party then demands more introspection, more honesty, more revealing information.
Diversionary Theatre extends sapphic sex farce through June 15

1 week ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

Overview: 'Merry Me' A comedy on female pleasure as a military outpost on the verge of invading a neighboring nation experiences a mysterious blackout where all electronic devices except vibrators stop working. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – Diversionary Theatre is concluding its 39th season with “Merry Me,” a play written by Hansol Jung with impeccable direction by Vanessa Stalling, who is making her Diversionary debut.
Military training, luck saved lives in Murphy Canyon after fiery plane crash

2 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

When San Diego Fire-Rescue District Chief Dan Eddy drove up to the scene of the plane crash in Murphy Canyon around 4 a.m. Thursday morning and saw a house consumed and multiple vehicles in flames, he expected a worse outcome. Thankfully, while there are at least two confirmed fatalities of people on the plane, no one in the quiet neighborhood died or was seriously injured despite all houses being occupied.
Olive Crest opening center to support youth who have been sexually trafficked

2 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

DOWNTOWN – A new center in downtown San Diego will offer young people who have been victims of sex trafficking a safe place to find food and mental health care, along with other resources, including a path to permanent housing. Olive Crest, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing child abuse and strengthening families in crisis, already provides apartments in San Diego for teenagers wishing to escape sexual exploitation. Next month, it will open a drop-in resource center downtown.
Ethnic studies curriculum takes a turn at Grossmont Union High School District

2 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

LA MESA – The Grossmont Union High School District upended three years of ethnic studies planning last month when Governing Board President Gary Woods introduced a new curriculum. The April 24 meeting agenda included a notice that the ethnic studies curriculum — in development since 2022 by district teachers and staff — would be available for public review ahead of a June 10 hearing and possible adoption.
New Children’s Museum unveils first major renovation since its construction in 2008

2 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Drew Sitton

DOWNTOWN – The New Children’s Museum recently unveiled an 8,600-square-foot expansion, adding more art studio space on the third story, an education commons for classroom visits and additional gallery space. It was the first major renovation at the downtown museum since it was built in 2008. Architect Rob Quigley designed the building. The footprint of the museum remained the same.